Improvement in shoe-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENTON ELLIOTT, OF ELLSWORTH, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,881, dated April 1,1879; application filed August 13, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it-known that I, BENTON ELLIOTT, of Ellsworth, in the county ofPierce and Sta e of Wisconsin, have invented a new and ImprovedShoe-Holder, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of my improvedshoe-holder attached to a shoe-box and clamping a shoe, shown in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line as w ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object. of my invention is to provide a simple device to be attachedto the outside of a shoe-b0x,-for holding and displaying a sample of theshoes contained in the said box.

The invention consists in the combination, with a base-plate, of astationary handle or finger-rest, an upright spring-plate expandinghorizontally from the said rest or handle, and a doubled ordownward-bent tongue, arranged to project through a slot in thespring-plate, to enable the sample to be clasped and held between thesaid tongue and spring-plate, as will be hereinafter described.

A is a base-plate, whose central portion is projected a distance fromits attaching-lugs a by its legs or angle-plates a, which form alternateangles with the lugs and the central portion, to keep the lattersupported a sufficient distance from the side surface of the box B toallow for the thickness of the foot of the sample shoe, in order thatthis may be hung in an easy position when its leg b is inserted in theclasp.

The plate A is secured to the box by nails through the lugs a, or byprojections a, bent at right angles to the lugs, which projections maybe driven through the side of the box and clinched on the inside. At theupper edge of the central portion of the plate A is an upright handle orfinger-rest, G, and a doubled or downward-bent hook or tongue, D, havingan outward-bent lip, 01, at its lower end. From the lower edge of thecentral portion of the plate A projects upward a spring-plate, E, havinga slot or opening, e, to allow of its being compressed and expandedwithout contact with the edges of the tongue D, while the lattierprojects wholly or partly through the said 8 0t 6.

The spring-plate E moves, when allowed to expand, in a mainly horizontaldirection from the handle 0, and its upper end is provided with anoutward-bent lip, 0, so that by grasping the outer edge of the lip e bythe thumb and the inner edge of the handle 0 by the forefinger, andpressing the spring-plate toward the handle, an opening is formedbetween the spring-plate E and the tongue D. In the opening thusproduced the edge or leg b of the sample shoe is inserted, and when thepressure is removed remains suspended, clasped by the force of theelasticity of the spring-plate E.

To remove the sample shoe, it is only necessary to pull it downward outof the clasp.

The handle 0, spring-plate E, and tongue D may each be made and attachedseparately; or they may be formed in one piece, by stamping them out ofa piece of sheet metal and attaching the same to the base-plate, asshown in the drawings.

If desired, instead of being attached in the position shown in thedrawings, the holder may be arranged with the tongue and thespring-plate lying horizontally, so as to clasp the rear portion of theleg of the shoe.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of the base-plate A, the stationaryhandle or finger-rest (J, the upright spring-plate E, expandinghorizontally from the said rest or handle 0, and the downwardbent tongueD, arranged to project through the slot 0 in the spring-plate E, toclasp the sample between the said tongue D and spring E, substantiallyas specified.

BENTON ELLIOTT.

Witnesses:

F. L. GILSON, G. P. SAEGENT.

